(a) Each agency providing transportation services must make reasonable
efforts to coordinate transportation resources with other human services
agencies in its community in order to control costs and to improve the quality
and the availability of transportation services.
(b) At a minimum, the agency must:
(1) identify the true costs of providing transportation in order to
knowledgeably compare the costs of providing transportation directly versus
contracting for the service;
(2) explore the option of participating in any coordinated public or
private transportation systems existing in the community; and
(3) where no coordinated public or private non-profit transportation
system exists in the community, make every effort to identify other human
services agencies also providing transportation services and, where
reasonable, to participate in the establishment of a local transportation
coordinating council.
